I could’ve done better – Afenyo on attacks on Appointments Committee Clerk

Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has assured parliament that he will write a letter to apologize to the clerk of the appointments committee.

He has noticed that the attacks on the person of the clerk have traumatized her and her family and is very sorry.

The Minority leader noted that he could have sent his message across in a better way and is therefore sorry.

“If the husband, the children, and the family are traumatized by my comments about the clerk, I am sorry. I concede that there is always a better way to react. I will write a personal letter to her [Clerk on Appointments Committee] for the records.”

Before this, the minority leader was condemned by his colleague, the 1st Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Benard Ahiafor.

He said he would never recommend the removal of the clerk of the Appointments Committee.

 “If they don’t want to work with Gifty Jiagge-Gobah, then they don’t want to work at the appointment Committee because, I, as the Chairman, will never recommend her removal. I won’t do that today or tomorrow. What I even want to do as Chairman is that, if she is listening to me, she should accept my sincerest apology… That is the hallmark of a leader.”

The Speaker of Parliament had also described the action of the minority leader as inappropriate.